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Computer ScientistClass of 20233.8+1500+/34+stem

computer science, economics, mathematics Applicant

non binary · vietnamese · northeast · semi-competitive charter school

Income: upper middle class

Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
3.9 (UW)
SAT
1540
Class Rank
3/72
AP Courses
6
IB Courses
6
Extracurricular Activities
  • piano12 years, won some small competitions, taught over the summer
  • bandforced my way into it as a piano accompaniment
  • varsity crew
  • self taught coder
  • quizbowl captainour quizbowl team was not good
  • internshipover the summer in 2022
  • independent research projecton computer science over the summer in 2021
  • literary magazine editor in chiefonly for junior year due to lack of interest senior year
  • discord moderatororganized an unofficial school server for my grade, compiled study materials, ran study sessions
  • volunteeringsome volunteering activity (not year round)
Awards & Honors
  • national merit scholarship qualifier
  • some book award
  • national latin exam
  • piano competitions

Essay Topics

Common App Essay

focused on being a queer person in STEM and my love of computer science

Interview Experiences
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Performance/Outcome: cool guy, a little awkward, pleasant conversation
  • Princeton University
  • Performance/Outcome: kinda scary guy, conversation felt more natural towards the end
Letters of Recommendation
  • history teacher

    my junior year teacher, close relationship, did very well in his class, rated 8/10

  • math teacher

    had him in 8th, 10th, and 11th grades, familiar with my interest in math, rated 9/10

  • crew coach

    let me read the recommendation, very nice words with specific details, rated 10/10

College Decisions

Accepted (7)

University of Massachusetts, BostonUniversity of Massachusetts, LowellUniversity of Massachusetts, AmherstUniversity of RochesterReed CollegeWorcester Polytechnic InstituteWashington University in St. Louis

Waitlisted (5)

Tufts UniversityHarvey Mudd CollegeUniversity of California, Los AngelesNorthwestern UniversityUniversity of Chicago

Rejected (11)

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCalifornia Institute of TechnologyUniversity of California, San DiegoUniversity of California, BerkeleyPrinceton UniversityBrown UniversityYale UniversityColumbia UniversityUniversity of Southern CaliforniaCarnegie Mellon UniversityStanford University

Profile Tags

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Profile Ratings
69
Overall Score
Academic8.5
Extracurricular6.5
Awards5.0
Quick Stats
CategoryComputer Scientist
Year2023
Majorcomputer science, economics, mathematics
GPA3.9 (UW)
SAT1540
Acceptances7
Rejections11